[Heath] SB-401 driver tube shield missing

[G. Lofstead]

When I have had missing shields, I have used Heavy Duty aluminum foil.

If you use liquid shoe polish, BLACK, and paint the inside, it works well.
The shoe polish helps attract the heat and the bare aluminum radiates it very well.
Cheap solution to a problem.

Jerry Lofstead
W3CDE
Atlanta, GA


>________________________________
> From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
>To: Robert Myers <rsmyers at rogers.com>; heath at puck.nether.net 
>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 7:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [Heath] SB-401 driver tube shield missing
> 
>
>On 23 Dec 2013 at 3:42, Robert Myers wrote:
>
>> Can someone please tell me where I can get a replacement 6CL6 shield
>> that will fit properly into this bottom part?
>
>I have several here. I can send you one.
>
>BTW, Garey mentioned the fact that some rigs specifically do not use that 
>top portion of the shield due to the heat factor, and he is correct.
>
>However, for the SB-401, the manual, on page 101, specifically says to 
>install one.
>
>So, for the SB-401, follow the manual.
>
>Send me your mailing address.
>
>I recommend your painting both the inside and the outside with flat-black 
>paint, but leave a "ring" around the bottom-inside unpainted so that it makes 
>good electrical contact at the base. I used a bit of tape to mask it off for 
>mine.
>
>Ken Gordon W7EKB
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